New riverboats are cruising in Cambodia and Vietnam. These vacation voyages are an eye-opener, not only to the famed stone Angkor ruins, but also to the lives of rural villagers who are emerging from decades of warfare and deprivation. A bamboo bridge in the Tonle Sap River was built in 3 weeks to link the…
“Our passions here are food and shopping,” said my Singapore guide, Naseem. “I could eat all the time. We eat, eat, eat,” usually about five small meals a day, she said. I agreed to try. We began a morning with Ya Kun Kaya Toast, a traditional breakfast of grilled brown bread with a slab of…
Cruise passengers will love Singapore as a home port for ships. It’s a great location for getting over jetlag before your cruise. Infinity pool on the 57th floor atop the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore (Photos by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) Singapore, which began as a British trading post, is one of the world’s…
I never tire of Key West. I’ve lolled around the city at the bottom of Florida maybe a dozen times, each occasion too short. When I leave, I know I will be back. Lobster Trap Christmas Tree at Key West’s Historic Seaport (Photo by Rob O’Neal ) It’s no secret that Key West is a…
In less than an hour’s drive south of the rental car desk at Miami airport, the Florida Turnpike ends and U.S. 1 heads for the ocean, then winds through the Florida Keys and a series of bridges toward Key West. Looking toward the Atlantic at Pines & Palms Resort, Islamorada Overseas Highway is a drive…
One of my favorite overnights during the past year was at the Hilton hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, where traveler’s luck played me well. Harbor in Auckland, New Zealand No matter how detailed the travel planning, luck plays a role. The bad luck, well, you hope that Plan B works, or C or D. I…
After doing 180 miles per hour on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week, I ticked off another item on my lifetime Bucket List. I’m not a great fan of motor racing, but this was an opportunity too cool to pass up. Squeezing a passenger into a modified racing car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The…
Men's ritual bath at Spa Palazzo at Boca Raton Resort and Club, Florida (Photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) Boca Raton Resort and Club, on Florida’s East Coast, about an hour’s drive north of Miami, spreads out over 356 choice acres. Though the rules don’t require it, this is a dress-up place, where, uncommon for…
You know you're in a Disney hotel when the bedside clock magically changes time while you sleep. Woke this morning at Disney World near Orlando, Fla., to a new time, Daylight Savings. The clock in my room at Disney's Board Walk had handled the one-hour change forward without my help. I asked a man at…
Many of the newer condos and resorts lining the coast of Southwest Florida in and around Naples stand tall toward the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Paddling in the mangroves of Naples Fla. (Photos by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) That’s toward, but not on the beach, because man, these days, no longer is stupid…